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sin sod or not she was already married
BangkokReady replied to kingstonkid's topic in Marriage and Divorce
Or worse, they call other foreigners "falang" in a derogatory way, as if they aren't one. -
Opinion: It is time we end this pandemic
BangkokReady replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
What were they searching for? You mean checking your luggage and everything you have on you for contraband, or something in the paperwork? -
Dr Prasit Expects Pandemic to End
BangkokReady replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
We really need to be able to get to the point where we can say "it's no more infectious or dangerous than the flu, it's simply another strain that we can live with". We may already be quite close to that point. The problem we have in today's political and economic climate is that people love being part of think tanks and tasks forces as it's easy money, so they aren't in a hurry to give that up. Ditto with governments and additional powers. -
If it is so easy to get home, as so many are so quick to point out, why would Thailand be renewing the process? Is it that they are being hoodwinked by sneaky would be expats and have no idea how "easy" it is for people to get home? Or are they renewing the covid extension with the fact of land borders being closed, and "border bouncers" having no other options, fully in mind? Which one seems more likely?
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Dr Prasit Expects Pandemic to End
BangkokReady replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Apparently he's speculating that Omicron may actually be milder than Delta... -
6.6 tonnes of undeclared frozen pork impounded in Nakhon Pathom
BangkokReady replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Maybe he is orchestrating it to get some good PR. He has form in the area of stockpiling food to manipulate prices. -
Thailand, the most beautiful girls in the world.
BangkokReady replied to SAFETY FIRST's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Indeed. I can't imagine many Westerners saying something like "why didn't you lie to me?!!". I've actually read a study on lies related to cancer patients in somewhere like a former soviet state. Can't remember exactly where the study took place. There was major friction between doctors who wanted to tell patients they had cancer and what the prognosis was so they could fight it, and families who wanted to keep it from the patients so as not to worry them when they felt they were probably going to die. -
Thailand, the most beautiful girls in the world.
BangkokReady replied to SAFETY FIRST's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
This is so true. They often seem to have no clue how much trust and respect we lose for people that lie to us. When someone I know lies to me, they're saying something like "<deleted> you, I have zero respect for you, you are less than nothing to me, you are not my friend, I am against you". Sad, really. Many Thais have probably destroyed both platonic and romantic relationships with foreigners through telling stupid and obvious lies (that they probably don't even need to tell). -
Thailand, the most beautiful girls in the world.
BangkokReady replied to SAFETY FIRST's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I'm not sure if it's hard to understand, it's more that it's hard to deal with or adjust to. Thais lie very easily, casually, but often quite poorly. The thing is, the face saving culture means that sometimes if a Thai begins to lie, the person they are lying to is supposed to detect the lie and realise they are trying to save face and accept the lie and end that line of questioning. The hardest part is that it establishes an attitude of "do whatever you want then lie to avoid the consequences", which, to a Westerner, is pretty challenging. It's not the understanding so much as the getting to know someone and judging what kind of person they are. What does a good person say if you ask them is they have done something bad? "Never! I would never do that and I hate people like that!" What does a bad person say if you ask them if they have done something bad? "Never! I would never do that and I hate people like that!" Also, this culture of doing bad things and lying about them, means that if you are an honest and good person, they will probably not believe it and assume you are the same as Thai men. So you really cannot take people at face value and you have to accept that they might have done something that conflicts with your moral values, and you might never know it. Not everyone, but it is a concern. -
I was expecting to find a comment from this guy saying the foreigners deserved to die and the Thai(s) did nothing wrong. I can't see it, so I guess someone had the good sense to remove it. Really unpleasant person, saying people deserve to be brutally murdered simply because his mental illness requires that Thais are seen as perfect, peaceful people. It boggles the mind.